The WIM format has been around since the Windows Vista days and is used in enterprise environments to create and maintain Windows images for mass deployment. Such a seemingly esoteric change in the Apple hardware meant a new cloning method needed to be devised, so we upgraded the cloning engine to also support file-based cloning in Winclone 6.įor the curious types who have looked inside a Winclone 6 image, you’ll notice a file in Microsoft’s own .wim Windows Imaging Format. The transition to “ 4K Advanced Format” drives is expected to continue. While older Macs all use 512-byte-block internal drives, the 2016 MacBook Pro models have 4096 byte blocks. One of the goals for Winclone 6 was to make a seamless transition from block-based cloning to file-based cloning, a crucial feature for customers migrating Boot Camp to 2016 MacBook Pros. Winclone 6 sports a fancy new look, but the big changes are under the hood. Last month we released Winclone 6 and customers have been using it to migrate and clone Boot Camp partitions on the whole range of Macs that support Boot Camp (including USB-C Macs). Posted on Apby Timo - Boot Camp, Winclone Updates Winclone 6 and WIM (Windows Imaging Format)
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